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The question was worth just three marks in an exam with a total of 75.

But despite the arguably 'off piste' question not being worth many marks, students were baffled and upset by its inclusion nonetheless. Which is fair enough, considering GCSEs are fairly important.

Many said they'd spent hours revising case studies, only to be met with a kitchen appliance.

A spokeswoman for AQA said: “It’s completely normal for students to tweet about their exams. We only ever ask questions about things that are covered in the syllabus.”

Earlier this month, pupils sitting a GCSE biology exam mocked the fact they were asked to suggest a reason Charles Darwin was drawn to look like a monkey in Victorian magazines.

The question was also supplied by the AQA board and related to Darwin's Origins of Species. But teenagers said they'd revised subjects such as photosynthesis and menstrual cycles rather than satirical illustrations.